NixOS Dotfiles

A declarative NixOS configuration using flakes and Home Manager for reproducible system and user environment management.

📋 Overview

This repository contains my personal NixOS system configuration, managed through Nix flakes for improved reproducibility and Home Manager for user-level package and dotfile management.

🔧 Prerequisites

• NixOS installed with flakes enabled
• Git for cloning the repository

📦 Installation

Initial Setup

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/dotfiles.git ~/dotfiles
   cd ~/dotfiles

2. Enable flakes (if not already enabled): Add to /etc/nixos/configuration.nix:

   nix.settings.experimental-features = [ "nix-command" "flakes" ];

3. Build and switch:

   sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake .#hostname

Fresh Installation

When installing NixOS from scratch:

# After basic installation
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/dotfiles.git /mnt/etc/nixos
cd /mnt/etc/nixos
nixos-install --flake .#hostname

🖥️ Usage

Rebuilding System

# From the dotfiles directory
sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake .#hostname

🔄 Rollback

# List generations
sudo nixos-rebuild list-generations

# Switch to previous generation
sudo nixos-rebuild switch --rollback

# Boot into specific generation (from GRUB menu)
# Select generation at boot time

TODO

• Taskbar drop down
• Wallpaper Selector
• Power buttons